Some Maryland early voters are reporting problems with machines, saying their vote was changed.

Some Maryland early voters are reporting problems with machines, saying their vote was changed.

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Updated: 6:34 PM EDT Oct 27, 2014

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WEBVTT SECRET SERVICE K-9'S. CLOSE TO 118,000 REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE ASKED THEIR BALLOTS, BUT A HANDFUL SAY THAT THEIR CHOICES WERE SOMEHOW FLIP PED FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ASSEMBLED A TEAM TO LOOK INTO THESE COMPLAINTS. THEY ASSEMBLED 20 MACHINES AND TOOK EIGHT OUT OF SERVICE. VOTER OUTRAGE. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO COMPLAINTS FROM VOTERS IN SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS THAT THE MACHINES WOULD FLIP A GOP CHOICE TO A DEMOCRAT ONE. . SOME OF THEM ARE JUST ANECDOTAL. THE CHIEF DEMOCRATIC JUDGES SAYS THAT VOTERS ALWAYS GET THE LAST SAY ON WHETHER THEIR BALLOT WAS CAST AWAY THE INTENDED. THE MACHINE REVIEWS EVERYTHING THEY VOTED FOR, SO THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES THEY WANT. A FEMALE VOTER DID COMPLAIN, SAYING THAT WHEN SHE CAST A BALLOT AT THE LIBRARY FOR A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, THE MACHINE BEAT AND HER CHOICE FLIPPED OVER TO THE DEMOCRAT -- BEEPED AND HER CHOICE FLIPPED OVER TO DEMOCRAT. SHE FINALLY USED A PENCIL WITH ERASER LIKE A STYLUS. THEY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION TO CAST A BALLOT AFTER THEY LOOK THROUGH IT. THEY SAY IT WAS A CALIBRATION ISSUE, AND WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND REPLACED. A SIMILAR COMPLAINT IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY HAD ANOTHER MACHINE WERE BASED -- REPLACED. THE REMAINING UNITS WERE TAKING OUT OF SERVICE -- TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THAT

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Some early voters report problems with machines

Some Maryland early voters are reporting problems with machines, saying their vote was changed.